Springboot argument based @Autowired dependency is null

Question

I'm new to springboot and fiddling around with DI.

I'm having a Service

public class GreeterService {
    private ObjectMapper objectMapper;


    public GreeterService(ObjectMapper objectMapper) {
        this.objectMapper = objectMapper;
    }

    public String greeting() throws JsonProcessingException {
        return objectMapper.writeValueAsString(new HelloData());
    }
}

this Service is supposed to be created via @Configuration

@Configuration
public class Config {
    @Bean
    public GreeterService greeterService(@Autowired ObjectMapper objectMapper) {
        return new GreeterService(objectMapper);
    }
}

I get the following exception:

java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper.writeValueAsString(Object)" because "this.objectMapper" is null

also making ObjectMapper @Autowired on a field does not work e.g.


    @Autowired ObjectMapper objectMapper;

    @Bean
    public GreeterService greeterService() {
        return new GreeterService(objectMapper);
    }

main entry in com.example.demo

@SpringBootApplication
public class DemoApplication {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(DemoApplication.class, args);
    }
}

Controller

  @GetMapping(path = "methodInject")
    public Object methodInject(GreeterService greeterService) throws JsonProcessingException {
        return greeterService.greeting();
    }

Further info:

I added to main

System.out.println("Is " + beanName + " in ApplicationContext: " +
                    context.containsBean(beanName));

which returns:

Is objectMapper in ApplicationContext: true
Is greeterService in ApplicationContext: true

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 04 '22 at 10:48

0

add to Config

@Bean
public ObjectMapper objectMapper() {
        return new ObjectMapper();
}

and write a simple test to see all beans in spring context

@SpringBootTest
class Demo1ApplicationTests {

    @Autowired
    ApplicationContext context;

    @Test
    void contextLoads() {
        Arrays.stream(context.getBeanDefinitionNames()).forEach(System.out::println);
    }
}

answered Dec 04 '22 at 10:48

стасевич

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```@Configuration public class Config { @Bean public ObjectMapper objectMapper() { return new ObjectMapper(); } @Bean public GreeterService greeterService(@Autowired ObjectMapper objectMapper) { return new GreeterService(objectMapper); } } ```Same error. Cannot invoke "com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper.writeValueAsString(Object)" because "this.objectMapper" is null – dc10 Dec 04 '22 at 15:37

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 04 '22 at 16:22

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The code you pasted seems correct. The problem may be more global.
Do you run the whole thing as Spring Boot application (with proper main method)?
Do you call your service as spring bean? Service should also be autowired, not just java standard new instance.
Are your service and config classes in packages that gets scanned?

answered Dec 04 '22 at 16:22

ILya Cyclone

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According to the docs the injection does also look alright to me. please find some more info the original question. main is being called as SpringBootApplication "Are your service and config classes in packages that gets scanned?" everything is under com.example.demo I supposed the services are being scanned since they reside as children of com.example.demo – dc10 Dec 04 '22 at 17:13

Springboot argument based @Autowired dependency is null

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